Donna Moss

Donna Moss (1974-) was Chief of Staff to First Lady Helen Santos.

Biography
Donna Moss was born in Warroad, Minnesota in 1974, and her town briefly ended up in Canada due to border changes, leading to her temporarily being a Canadian citizen; however, a grandfather clause enabled her to retain her American citizenship. She attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and dropped out halfway to support her boyfriend as he attended medical school. Moss later travelled to New Hampshire to work on Democratic Party presidential candidate Josiah Bartlet's presidential campaign, and she became Josh Lyman's assistant in the campaign. She remained his secretary for years, but she later decided to become senior aide to Will Bailey, Vice President Bob Russell's presidential campaign manager, making her rivals with Lyman. As Russell's press secretary, she attacked Lyman's candidate Matt Santos, and, after Santos won the Democratic nomination, her application to join Santos' campaign was rejected on the grounds of her personal attacks against him. Despite this, she became close to Santos' wife Helen Santos during the campaign, and she became her Chief of Staff after Santos became First Lady.